yikes, how do you fix this?

[Datawiz]

Pilot unresponsive; Plane circling over Gulf of Mexico - NBC-2.com WBBH News for Fort Myers, Cape Coral & Naples, Florida (http://www.nbc-2.com/story/17585126/pilot-unresponsive-plane-circling-over-gulf-of-mexico)

[Cybercowboy]

It will fix itself in a few hours...

:leaving:

Seriously, there's not anything you can do short of a Bruce Willis intervention.

[Yerf Dog]

Shades of Payne Stewart.

[G8rDMD]

:sadangel:

[NEVRL8T]

Shades of Payne Stewart.

:iagree:

[NEVRL8T]

Should be running out of fuel at any minute.

[Cybercowboy]

Shades of Payne Stewart.

Well, this plane, which has now apparently crashed in the Gulf of Mexico, is a Cessna 421. That is a twin-engine turboprop.

http://jayrollinstv.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/cessna421c2.jpg

I doubt it flies high enough to require a pressurized cabin like Payne's Lear Jet did. It does look like a really nice private plane though.

[GRN ENVY]

:sadangel:

[xXBUDXx]

Update: Pete Williams reports the plane has gone down 170 miles off the Florida coast. Search and rescue crews are headed to the site.

:sadangel:

[Blademaker]

Pete Williams reports authorities believe the pilot is the only person onboard.




No shit, whatever gave you that clue? :slap:

[NB2K]

Bo Rein.

Halon leak?

[NeedSpeed]

Damn

[Jobaka]

I doubt it flies high enough to require a pressurized cabin like Payne's Lear Jet did. It does look like a really nice private plane though.

From Wikipedia: The Cessna 421 Golden Eagle is a development of the earlier Cessna 411 light, twin-engine personal transport aircraft. The main difference between the two models is that the 421 is pressurized.

[Stangkiller]

Well, this plane, which has now apparently crashed in the Gulf of Mexico, is a Cessna 421. That is a twin-engine turboprop.

http://jayrollinstv.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/cessna421c2.jpg

I doubt it flies high enough to require a pressurized cabin like Payne's Lear Jet did. It does look like a really nice private plane though.

While some have been modified to take a turbo prop, I think most are turbo piston engines.

Powerplant: 2 × Continental GTSIO-520-L turbocharged, fuel injected and geared six-cylinder horizontally-opposed air-cooled piston engine, 375 hp (280 kW) each

[NEVRL8T]

4 p.m. ET Approximate arrival of Coast Guard water rescue team.

2 p.m. ET Coast Guard helicopter crew arrives on scene. The plane is mostly intact and the nose is reported to be submerged.

12:15 p.m. ET The plane goes down approximately 120 miles west of Tampa, Fla. The plane was registered to Lee H. Aviation in Wilmington, Del., according to a FAA report obtained by the Associated Press. The company specializes in corporate services.

9:30 a.m. ET Two F-15 fighters under the direction of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) out of 159th Fighter Wing in New Orleans, La, intercepted and monitored the circling aircraft over the Gulf of Mexico. Upon intercepting the aircraft, the pilots reported the pilot was not responding to communications. They make visual contact with the plane and report that the craft's windows were fogged over. NORAD notifies the Coast Guard 8th District watchstanders of the craft. Plane thought to be running out of fuel.

9 a.m.ET Plane circling at 28,000 feet. FAA reported to lose radio contact.

A Cessna 421 departed Slidell, La., en route to Sarasota, Fla. A single pilot is thought to be on board.

Photo caption: A screen grab from FlightAware.com shows where the plane went wayward over the Gulf of Mexico.

Loss of cabin pressure. That settles that.

[MEC5LADY]

Shades of Payne Stewart.

I was thinking the same thing.:sadangel:

[Datawiz]

Looks like you don't fix it. Plane went down.

For the pilot and his family. :sadangel:

[GRN ENVY]

I was thinking the same thing.:sadangel:

Same area too if I recall correctly :sadangel::sadangel: